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When I upgraded from WIN-ME to WIN-XP, I had a prompt line
in my autoexec.bat file as follows;
"prompt=$e[1,33,44m$p$g" (to provide screen colors, using
"device=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys" in my config.sys file.

ansi.sys options of course do NOT work in WIN-XP, but I
cannot locate the new autoexec file which still carries the
old prompt, even though I have deleted that prompt line
from the autoexec.bat file located in the root directory
and deleted the ansi.sys device driver from the config.sys
in the same directory.

WIN-XP obviously uses another autoexec file at bootup,
which still carries the old prompt, which I'd like to
remove, but cannot find it. Any suggested help??

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"Dr Dan DeLoge" <drdeloge_pvt@hotmail.com> wrote:

>WIN-XP obviously uses another autoexec file at bootup,
>which still carries the old prompt, which I'd like to
>remove, but cannot find it. Any suggested help??

Windows XP does not use an AUTOEXEC.* file.
The PROMPT setting may have been kept. See "How to Manage Environment
Variables in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310519).

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Windows XP uses CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT and they are in the \system32
directory.

"Dr Dan DeLoge" <drdeloge_pvt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2ccb401c46a6f$c38d0690$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> When I upgraded from WIN-ME to WIN-XP, I had a prompt line
> in my autoexec.bat file as follows;
> "prompt=$e[1,33,44m$p$g" (to provide screen colors, using
> "device=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys" in my config.sys file.
>
> ansi.sys options of course do NOT work in WIN-XP, but I
> cannot locate the new autoexec file which still carries the
> old prompt, even though I have deleted that prompt line
> from the autoexec.bat file located in the root directory
> and deleted the ansi.sys device driver from the config.sys
> in the same directory.
>
> WIN-XP obviously uses another autoexec file at bootup,
> which still carries the old prompt, which I'd like to
> remove, but cannot find it. Any suggested help??

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I had exactly the same command in my autoexec.bat file.
Look for autoexec.tsh using cmd.exe in the "Run" window,
edit it and save it. That should do the trick.

>-----Original Message-----
>When I upgraded from WIN-ME to WIN-XP, I had a prompt line
>in my autoexec.bat file as follows;
>"prompt=$e[1,33,44m$p$g" (to provide screen colors, using
>"device=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys" in my config.sys
file.
>
>ansi.sys options of course do NOT work in WIN-XP, but I
>cannot locate the new autoexec file which still carries
the
>old prompt, even though I have deleted that prompt line
>from the autoexec.bat file located in the root directory
>and deleted the ansi.sys device driver from the config.sys
>in the same directory.
>
>WIN-XP obviously uses another autoexec file at bootup,
>which still carries the old prompt, which I'd like to
>remove, but cannot find it. Any suggested help??
>.
>

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